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OBJECTIVE: To clarify the predictors of low blood
pressure (BP) and hyponatremia after spinal cord injury (SCI) and to discuss
their pathophysiology. SETTING: A SCI center in Japan. METHODS: Age, gender,
initial ASIA impairment scale (AIS) score, BP, blood electrolytes (sodium, K and
Cl) and biochemical markers were evaluated at 1 month after injury. Risk factors
of low BP and hyponatremia were analyzed using uni- and multivariate logistic
regression models. RESULTS: This study comprised of 172 SCI patients. Initial AIS
score (Odds ratio (OR): 1.24, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.13-1.49, P-value
<0.01) and hyponatremia (OR: 3.71, 95%CI 1.27-6.96, P<0.01) were the most
important risk factors of low BP. As a second step, risk factors of hyponatremia
were initial AIS score (OR: 1.36, 95%CI 1.08-2.78, P<0.01) and age (OR: 1.55,
95%CI 1.17-2.93, P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: In acute and subacute period, the more
severe SCI and lower AIS score patients have the more frequently low BP and/or
hyponatremia do appear.

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